Erlbach School
Walter Opel
Erlbach, b. 1897
1945 Weimar Germany. Apprenticed to Max Heischkel in Erlbach. Worked for Lüdemann in Cologne and for Storck in Strasburg. Settled in Szczecin (Stettin), Poland in 1925, taking over the business of Adolf Pfretzschner. Later established in Weimar. Stradivari model with fine golden-yellow varnish. Walt\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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OPEL, Walter Born 1897 Erlbach, Saxony, Worked from c.1945 Weimar Germany. Apprenticed to Max Heischkel in Erlbach. Worked for Lüdemann in Cologne and for Storck in Strasburg. Settled in Szczecin (Stettin), Poland in 1925, taking over the business of Adolf Pfretzschner. Later established in Weimar. Stradivari model with fine golden-yellow varnish. Walter Opel / Geigenbauer. Stettin 19..
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Working in Erlbach at the same time
Arnold Kurt Meinel worked 1922
Conrad Kohler 1882–1951
Heinrich Moritz Groh 1869–1947
Leonhard Robert Gustav Liebel b. 1870
Max Heischkel 1887–1958
Rudolf Eras b. 1904